The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics recently announced that Auburn Montgomery senior forward Haley Williams was named a 2012 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete.

Earlier in 2012, Williams was also named a scholar athlete as a member of the Warhawks women’s basketball team. She was one of 492 women’s soccer student-athlete’s recognized by the NAIA.

In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach or sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved at least a junior academic status.

Williams currently has a 3.69 grade-point average while majoring in secondary math education. Originally from Dothan, Ala., she was also named to the Southern States Athletic Conference All-Academic Team this fall.

On the field, Williams appeared in 11 games for the Warhawks this season. She finished 2012 with four goals and one assist.

The Huntingdon men’s basketball team got its first taste of ranked competition on Saturday.

The Hawks came up short in a 90-80 loss to 12th-ranked Birmingham-Southern, but Huntingdon head coach Mike Pugh was encouraged by the performance.

“We played well today,” Pugh said. “We had our chances and it just didn’t go our way. But we played well and we played hard. I think we learned some things about ourselves. We had some guys step up against tough competition and we did some positive things that we can build on.”

Jeremiah Thomas and Ryan Petty combined for 42 points for the Hawks (0-2). Thomas finished with 22 points and seven rebounds and Petty had 20 points, four assists and four steals.

Jason Varney added 10 points. Terry Moorer totaled six rebounds and two blocked shots and Austin Hill added five rebounds and a block.

The Auburn Montgomery women’s soccer team led all conference members with six second-team all-conference selections in the recently announced Southern States Athletic Conference regular season awards.

Margret Albertsdottir, Maria Ros Arngrimsdottir, Eyrun Rakel Agnarsdottir, Holly Clarke, Maren Heller and Arna Omarsdottir all made the team for the Warhawks.

Albertsdottir led AUM in goals (14), assists (6), points (34) and shots (81). The senior team captain scored goals in each of the first seven games of the season, and she recorded points in the first 10 games. She was named the SSAC Offensive Player of the Week in September, and had three multi-goal games.

A sophomore forward, Arngrimsdottir finished second on the team in goals (12), points (28) and shots (77). She had a season-best performance against Brewton-Parker on Sept. 28, finishing with three goals and three assists.